COVID-19: Ghana records 152 confirmed cases

As at today, March 29, 2020, Ghana has reported officially confirmed 152 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with five deaths and two recoveries. Health authorities say 11 new cases have been confirmed in the country’s Northern regional capital of Tamale.

According to the Health Ministry, 10 of the cases were Guinean nationals who have entered the country through Burkina Faso and Togo. These individuals, it said were picked up on intelligence report and subsequently held in quarantine and tested.

The government has gone to Parliament seeking approval to access $35 million from the World Bank to fight the pandemic. The World Bank is making available a financing facility $10 billion for member countries – interest free.